Ken Alford is the interim pastor of First Baptist Church Ashville. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Troy State University and master of divinity and doctor of ministry degrees from Southwestern Seminary.
He began pastoral ministry in 1981, and he served churches in Alabama, Mississippi, Florida and Georgia prior to his retirement from full-time ministry in August 2020.
He has served in denominational leadership positions such as a member of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, chairman of the board of trustees of the North American Mission Board and president of the Florida Baptist Convention.
He also served as president of the State Pastors Conferences in both Mississippi and Florida. He and his wife, Cynthia, have two children and two grandchildren.
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